Chapter 240: Punishment
These years of feelings, all the way through the ups and downs, are deeply rooted in each other's hearts, if there is a person in this world can ignore life and death, throw away everything behind him without hesitation to pounce on himself, except for her parents, there is only her. Mu Yunting felt guilty about yesterday's events.
At the same time, he felt that there was no need to explain, because why waste words about things that can be solved with one look, so many years of trust, with only one look from him, Xu Lianyi can understand that he only has himself in his heart, and the things he guessed yesterday and those bad results have not happened and will not appear.
Early the next morning, Qiao Jingyuan wanted to come to Xu Lianyi to say goodbye, but unexpectedly heard the palace maid's discussion on the way, and the most exciting discussion was the palace maid who changed to Hong'er, she recognized.
"If you want me to say, it is impossible for the emperor and the queen to be separated by those nobodies, even if there is a new mother, the emperor is not the same as giving all his favor to our queen, and you have not heard that the emperor came out of a mother's palace in a rage the night before yesterday. Hong'er debated with the palace maids.
"Okay Hong'er, how can these royal affairs in the palace be discussed by you and me, little palace maids, let's talk less. The palace maid standing aside tugged at her sleeve.
I had no intention of listening to them, but those words that even the palace maid looked down on secretly turned into her ears, and she was about to get angry when she heard Hong'er start talking again.
"What can't I say about this? I can't become a master, but if those masters have a trace of wanting to survive, they will definitely not compete with the queen for favor, the emperor and the queen have grown up together, even if some mothers take the initiative to hook up, the emperor will not give her a chance, even if the queen does not mind, the emperor will not open his eyes and look at them again. ”
I couldn't bear it anymore, Qiao Jingyuan walked out of the garden, the maidservants hurriedly knelt down, and the maids standing beside Hong'er hurriedly pulled Hong'er's sleeves to signal.
Unexpectedly, she was caught by the person concerned for saying bad things, and Hong'er was also very worried. Qiao Jingyuan stood beside Hong'er with a cold face, she said so much insinuation just now, and now a subordinate can say irresponsible things to herself, Qiao Jingyuan was depressed in her heart.
Waving his hand and saying to the other palace maids, "You go down first, Hong'er, you stay." The palace maid next to her stood up and looked at Hong'er worriedly, thinking that it was that mouth that caused trouble, but she couldn't openly disobey the mother's will, and everyone dispersed.
Hong'er knelt on the ground with her head down, Qiao Jingyuan looked at her through gritted teeth, suddenly changed her face, and personally helped her up, Hong'er was flattered.
I only heard Qiao Jingyuan instruct the maid next to her to bring some broken tiles over, and Hong'er couldn't figure out what the lady who was smiling at herself on the other side was going to do.
With a gentle and kind smile on her face, she nodded in agreement while holding Hong'er's hand: "Hong'er, you are right, no one can insert the relationship between the emperor and the queen, you are a smart girl with a smart mouth." But, you know what? You're a palace maid, and even if you're the master, you shouldn't have said that. ”
Qiao Jingyuan spoke to her gently throughout the whole process, Hong'er thought that she wouldn't mind what she said, but she didn't expect that when the words turned, her eyes were full of anger, and she took the tile that the maidservant brought just now and asked her to kneel on it, but Qiao Jingyuan moved a stool and sat next to her to admire.
Xu Lianyi and Mu Yunting were very grateful for Wu Changyi's rescue, and they also felt sorry for the disfigurement of a girl because of this incident. I came to visit early in the morning.
Wu Changyi woke up and was shocked and couldn't accept it, so he locked himself in his room for the past few days without eating or drinking. Xu Lianyi gently pushed open the door and saw that Wu Changyi's right cheek was covered with gauze, and she was distressed and felt deeply guilty.
took her hand and comforted softly: "Sister, don't be afraid, no one will dare to bully you one day with me in the harem." Mu Yunting was also very unbearable standing aside. In the end, he decided to crown her as Zhaoyi, and rewarded her with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to express her gratitude.
Unexpectedly, the emperor and the queen came to visit him in person, although Wu Changyi was sad, he still gritted his teeth and endured the pain and expressed his loyalty to the queen. With such a appearance, even if he seals Zhaoyi, he will be ridiculed by the harem masters in the future.
Mu Yunting and Xu Lianyi comforted Wu Changyi and returned to Weiyang Palace hand in hand, but they heard crying halfway through. The pregnant person's whole body was very sensitive and curious, she stood in the middle of the road and refused to move, and Mu Yunting, who was originally holding her hand, was also dragged.
Looking up at Mu Yunting, the emperor knew that his queen was curious about this matter, and nodded at her helplessly, the two looked for the source of the sound, but saw a palace maid kneeling on the tiles, her knees were constantly leaving blood, rendering the ground red, and the white skirt was also full of blood. And in front of her sat Qiao Jingyuan.
"What are you doing here?" asked Xu Lianyi angrily.
"Didn't my sister see it? I'm punishing someone. Qiao Jingyuan stood up and bowed down to the emperor and replied seriously.
"Even a dungeon can't use lynching like this, what right do you have to do this to her?" Recently, Qiao Jingyuan's limelight has been too strong, and Xu Lianyi has long been unpleasant, so she just took this opportunity to let her know who the real master of the harem is.
Originally, she wanted to punish Hong'er, but she didn't expect Xu Lianyi to raise the matter to the seriousness of lynching, and the emperor was by her side, she meant that she was challenging the emperor's authority, Qiao Jingyuan hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't dare." It was the negligence of the concubine, and the queen was asked to punish her. ”
Xu Lianyi picked up Hong'er and said to Qiao Jingyuan: "You can't talk about punishment, you should copy the rules and regulations of the harem ten times and memorize them by heart, so as not to lose the emperor's face next time." Qiao Jingyuan had no choice but to grit her teeth and agree.
When I returned to the palace, I heard that the emperor and queen had visited Wu Changyi and named her Zhaoyi. If she hadn't intervened in the last banquet, she would have succeeded a long time ago. Knowing that she was disfigured, Qiao Jingyuan had a bad idea in her heart to make Wu Changyi jealous of herself, so as not to spoil her good deeds in the future.
In the afternoon of the same day, he ordered someone to send a delicate bronze mirror, and he followed him into Wu Changyi's residence. "I heard that my sister sealed Zhaoyi, and my sister specially ordered someone to find a bronze mirror to celebrate, which is not a good gift, but it is also a piece of my sister's heart, my sister should not dislike it, I think it is very good in this bedroom. After speaking, he sent the mirror to Wu Changyi's bedroom.
The time to come is always coming, Wu Changyi knows his own appearance, if it weren't for the meritorious rescue of the driver, I am afraid that he would have been dragged out of the palace a long time ago, even if the emperor has given him a name now, but the life of the name is even more difficult, there is no strong background, there is no heir of the emperor, she can only swallow her anger in this palace.
Seeing that the person who came was full of smiles, no, it was ridicule, Wu Changyi pursed his lips, saluted Qiao Jingyuan, and said words of humble thanks.
She knew what Qiao Jingyuan's identity was, she was the queen's cousin, in this palace, even if she did something wrong, only the emperor and the queen had the right to punish her, but she couldn't swallow this breath in her heart.
The next day, Wu Changyi came to Weiyang Palace with the exquisite mirror, and cried in front of the queen: "Queen Mother, you have to be the master of the concubine." Looking at that mirror, Xu Lianyi didn't have to think about it to know who sent it, but she was too tired these days to face these complicated things.
"Okay, I know, I'll take care of this matter and give you a satisfactory answer. Xu Lianyi looked at Wu Changyi with a tired face. Seeing the queen's tiredness and perfunctory, Wu Changyi remembered what the queen said yesterday, and couldn't help but feel the hypocrisy of the harem, and his heart swelled with sadness.
Bidding farewell to Xu Lianyi, Wu Changyi walked out of Weiyang Palace disappointed. As soon as the front foot stepped out of the gate of Weiyang Palace, he saw Qiao Jingyuan walking here.
Seeing Wu Changyi, of course Qiao Jingyuan knew what she was here for, and thought to herself: I don't know how bad a person dares to come over and complain to my cousin, even if I do something wrong, my cousin will not punish me for maintaining the face of the same clan.
Soon Qiao Jingyuan walked to Wu Changyi's side, Wu Changyi blessed, and wanted to leave, not wanting to entangle with this person anymore. "Yo, who did I say, I didn't see it when I stood far away, it turned out to be Wu Zhaoyi, sister, don't be surprised, I recently served the little prince and stayed up all night and stayed up so much that my eyes were a little uncomfortable. ”
"Don't get in the way, my sister has worked hard, I'll leave first if there's nothing to do. "I still have to deal with it, Wu Changyi is bitter in his heart. "But, sister, what are you doing with the bronze mirror I gave you yesterday in your hand? ”
Qiao Jingyuan didn't give up, Wu Changyi, who didn't want to deal with her, heard this, and her heart was even more resentful. I didn't bother to explain, I wanted to leave, I didn't reply to Qiao Jingyuan's words, and walked straight out.
"Sister, is this disgusted with me?Why are you in such a hurry to leave??," he said, stretching out his hand to block her way. But his hand accidentally grabbed Wu Changyi's hand, and the bronze mirror fell down in response and shattered.
Suddenly, Wu Changyi saw a figure walking in the distance, it was the person he missed every night, and he dragged Qiao Jingyuan to fall down together, falling next to the mirror, and his hand was pierced by the fragments of the mirror.
"Sister, if you don't like me to just say it, it's fine, you can't let yourself fall, it's my sister's sin to fall. Qiao Jingyuan, who didn't know why, was a little at a loss when he saw Wu Changyi, whose expression suddenly changed in front of him.
But when I turned my head, I saw the emperor walking towards me. She didn't expect that she would be calculated, and she couldn't help but scold loudly: "What do you mean by this? If you don't like this mirror and give it back to me, I bothered to find it for you." If you fall, you have to pull me down with you, I think you are suspicious. ”